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Under surfaces of leaflets pubescent, upper surfaces and 



adult follicles externally glabrous ... ... 3. 0.semidecan,irvi.s. 



Both surfaces of the lenflets quite glabrous. 



Leaflets ovate-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, 2 to 4 in, long. 



Follicles snb-cylindric. taperinf? nt the ends, not 



compressed, minutely sericeous inside ... ... 4. C. oUgophyllus. 



Follicles compressed, sparsely stellate- hairy iuside .. 5. 0. hebephyllus. 

 Leaflets broadly ovate with very rounded bases ; petals 



pubescent; follicles 1*5 in. long, pubescent inside ... 6. 0. nicobaricws. 

 Leaflets elliptic-oblong or elliptic, 3 to 12 iu. long ; 

 petals glabrous. 



Main nerves of leaves 6 or 7 pairs ; follicles 1*25 to 



1*4 in. long, sericeous inside .., 7. C. gihhosiis. 



Main nerves of leaves 9 or 10 pairs; follicles 1*5 to 



1*75 in. long, sericeous inside ... ... 8. C. grandis. 



Main nerves of leaves 5 pairs; follicles 2"5 in. long, 



pubescent inside ... ... ... ... 9. 0. ellipticus. 



1. CoNNARUS MATNGATr, Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. II, 53. A small ti-ee ; 

 young branches minufcely rusty-tomentose. Leaves 6 to 8 in. long, their 

 i-achises densely and minutely tomentose ; lefiflefcs 7 to 9, coriaceous, 

 elliptic-oblong, obtusely and shortly acuminate, the base rounded or 

 sub-cuneate, both surfaces distinctly reticulate when dry, the upper 

 glabrous, the lower paler and sparsely adpressed-pubescent, the midrib 

 tomentose; main nerves 7 to 11 pairs, spreading, faint ; length 2'25 to 

 3*25 in., breadth 1 to 1*35 in., petiolules '1 to "15 in. Panicles axillary 

 and terminal, longer than the leaves, densely and minutely rasty- 

 tomentose ; the branches short, spicate, wifcli the flowers clustered near 

 the apices. Flowers about "15 in. long, and the same in diameter, on pedi- 

 cels shorter than themselves. Sepals oblong, laterally inflexed at the apex, 

 hoary-pubescent outside, glabrous inside, connivent. Petals minute, 

 much shorter than the sepals and shorter than the stamens, pale- 

 pubescent in front. Stamens 10 ; the anthers almost sessile, broadly 

 ovate, glabrous. Pistil solitary, the ovary sericeous like the disc, 

 the style short and stout. Fruit not seen. 



Perak; King's Collector, No. 3106. 



This is readily distinguished from every Connarus described here by its very 

 minute petals. In leaves it approaches 0. oUgophyllus, but is distinguished from 

 that by its pinnate nervation. 



2. CoNNAKUS PERRUGiNEUS, Jack in Mai. Misc. 2, VII, 37. A 

 sarmentose shrub or powerful woody climber as much as 80 feet long ; 

 young branches, petioles, rachises, under-surfaces of leaves and inflor- 

 escence densely rusty-tomeutose. Leaves 8 to 16 in. long ; leaflets 5 to 

 11, coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate or oblong-oblanceolate, shortly acumi- 



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